The symptoms of the solubilis, obtained by regular proving, and the effects of the vivus, gathered from toxicological reports carefully sifted and clinically verified, are sufficiently similar to be placed under one arrangement.

Virtually the action of the two remedies appears to be the same, and they have not always been distinguished in clinical reports, but in all known instances the symptoms of the two preparations are rendered distinguishable by the letters s. and v.

Obtuseness of mental operations, with great inclination to sleep ; heaviness and muddledness of head. ? Typhoid.

Imbecility ; foolish, mischievous, disgusting actions.

Fancies ; rarely delirium.

Delirium and mental derangement of drunkards. [merc. v]

Muttering delirium. [merc. v]

Believes he is losing his reason, thinks he is dying, with illusions of fantasy ; sees water running where there is none. s.

Mania, with liver complaint.

Great restlessness as if he had committed a great crime ; has no desire for food, although he relishes it when commencing to eat ; considers everybody his enemy ; ideas constantly crowd upon his mind, one constantly chasing the other away ; great inclination when walking to take people by the nose ; weakness of memory and intellect ; dull and stupid feeling in head ; complains that his head will burst. ? Mania.

After suppression of foot sweat, whenever he sees an open window or a cutting instrument breaks into a sweat, with great heat of head, and is seized with an almost uncontrollable desire to commit suicide.

Desire to kill the person contradicting her.

Great desire to murder or commit suicide, particularly during menstrual period ; despondency ; involuntary crying ; great indifference ; is fearful that she may commit some wrong and kill herself ; something urges her to kill her husband, of whom she is very fond, and she implores him to hide his razor.

Anxiety and apprehension ; did not know what to do ; it seemed as though he had committed a crime ; without heat ; also with a feeling that he had not control over his senses. s.

Anxiety driving her to suicide ; thoughts of suicide ; during menses great anxiety from which she cannot free herself ; desire for death ; great indifference even to those she formerly loved ; crying almost involuntary, with relief ; hysteria ; hypochondriasis.

Disgust of life.

Much wretchedness and dejection of spirits, with diarrha. s.

Hysterical melancholia, with inclination to murder.

Inexpressible pain of soul and body, anxious restlessness, as if some evil impended, < at night, with precordial anguish ; sweat of hands and heat of face ; disgusted with himself, has not courage to live ; constant suspicion, considering everybody his enemy. ? Melancholia.

Grief, with fear at night ; disposition to quarrel ; complaining of relations and surroundings.

Amativeness ; amorousness.

Morose and mistrustful ; treated his associates almost insultingly, looked upon every one as his worst enemy. s.

Great restlessness, must constantly change her place ; fear, with desire to escape, as if she had committed some crime. ? Hysteria.

A universal uneasiness of body, so that he could not remain one moment in the same posture. [merc. v]

Towards evening, an uneasiness that did not permit him to remain in any place ; could not remain sitting two minutes ; was forced to change. s.

Bad effects from fright, leaving one in a state of great anxiety, < at night.

Ailments from mortification ; from insults ; from egotism.

SENSORIUM. [2] [Merc.]

Sopor : coma. [merc. v]

Fainting after sweetish rising in throat, followed by sleep.

Dull and stupid feeling, with dizziness.

Confusion of head, in morning on waking. s.

Weakness in head like a dulness, and as if there was a vibration in forehead and a turning about in a circle. s.

Constant rotary motion of head, even when lying on pillow. [merc. v]

Vertigo : as if in a swing ; after stooping ; lying on back ; with headache and nausea ; everything turns black ; with nausea, distracted thoughts, momentary loss of vision ; cannot stand erect, or even sit up in bed for fear of falling.

Prophylactic in apoplexy, in lymphatic, or leuco-phlegmatic, ill nourished subjects.

INNER HEAD. [3] [Merc.]

Tension over forehead, as if bandaged of in a hoop ; < at night in bed ; > after rising or when laying hand on it.

Pressure in forehead and pain in bone beneath eyebrow, even to touch. s.

Several days after birth, swelling over parietal bone near posterior fontanelle, resembling half a goose egg in form and size, fluctuating upon pressure and circumscribed by a ring of swollen bone. ? Cephalæmatoma.

For one year, failing sight ; frequent temporary loss of vision ; even when not using eyes there are always dark spots or a kind of cloud before sight, constant lachrymation and aching pressing pain in eye ; she cannot bear light of fire. ? Amblyopia.

Scotoma of right eye after a fall, with dimness of vision, constant flickering before eye and floating black specks.

If she attempts to look at anything cannot distinctly recognize it, and then eyes are almost always involuntarily drawn together ; the more she tries to restrain the contraction, the less able she is to prevent it ; is obliged to lie down and close eyes. s.

Eyes forcibly drawn together, as if long deprived of sleep. s.

Fog before one or both eyes. s.

Dimness of vision ; vision weak. [merc. v]

Heat in eyes and lachrymation. s.

Burning in eyes ; itching. s.

Pressure in eyes. s.

Eyes hot, a kind of dry heat. s.

Heat, redness and pressure in both eyes. s.

Stitches in eyes.

Choroiditis.

Iritis ; syphilitic ; pains around eyes, on forehead and temples ; < from touch ; throbbing shooting pains in eye ; hypopion ; pains severe, tearing, boring, cutting, < at night and in damp weather ; much heat around eye and soreness of corresponding side of head ; great sensitiveness to heat, cold and light ; acrid lachrymation ; pupil contracted and covered by thin bluish film, with great tendency to formation of adhesions to lens ; iris discolored, ciliary injection.

Tearing pains in forehead and vertex ; shooting from deep within eye ; < every evening and night ; conjunctiva of right eye greatly inflamed and swollen ; phlegmonous inflammation and swelling of lids which are painful to slightest touch ; great photophobia ; flow of hot tears from eye ; white ring around cornea ; iris brown, greenish (blue in health) ; pupil fixed ; iris inflamed and at later stage became shaped like that of ruminating animals ; fever ; sleepless at night on account of pain ; profuse sweats without relief ; every night at 12 o'clock, intolerable pains in eye almost exhausting him ; offensive odor from mouth ; much expectoration of mucus ; pappy taste ; tenesmus ; patient gouty.

Pustule on cornea, with photophobia and lachrymation ; when eyes are well has noises in ears, and when eyes are sore top of head is so sore she cannot comb her hair ; profuse watery coryza excoriating nose. s.

Purulent ophthalmia, with copious discharge ; lids much swollen, underneath much purulent matter which pours out in quantities on opening eyes. s.

Rheumatic, arthritic, syphilitic or gonorrhal ophthalmia.

Lids swollen ; sensation of a body causing dull pressive or cutting pains underneath lids, with difficulty in moving them ; daylight or candlelight insupportable and causes burning, gnawing pains in eyes which are moderately red, so that lids are closed convulsively, and can with difficulty be opened ; lids agglutinated with raw pain at their edges.

Chronic syphilitic ophthalmia ; vessels of conjunctiva injected and distended ; pupil linear and contracted, and anterior and posterior chambers of eyes appeared quite confused ; objects appear quite small and indistinct ; feathers appear to come from angles of eyes and hinder vision ; myopia ; frequent attacks of cramp in stomach in all phases of the moon, and on least atmospheric variation or immediately after some unusual pleasureable or painful impression ; stiffness of maxillary joint, and pain in sole of foot, could with difficulty chew and could not bear to walk ; can scarcely keep in erect position, bone pains at night preventing sleep ; must be turned in bed by means of a sheet.

Eyes inflamed, with swollen inverted tarsi and very sensitive to light. [merc. v]

Watery discharge and hemorrhage from ears, first left, then right ; sides of neck red, swollen, tender ; noises like bells ringing, whistling or running of trains, first left, then r. ; shooting from left ear through head to right and from left ear to left temple ; shooting > by cold, < by warmth ; discharge < by warmth ; noises and shooting < by lying on left side ; deaf ; shooting makes her hold head and shudder ; pulse 150, feeble ; pricking in ears before discharge comes ; aching in ears, first left, then right, 5.45 P. M. [merc. v]

Since an attack of measles, twenty two years ago, has suffered from a profuse, offensive smelling discharge from right ear, to which within the last few years were associated hardness of hearing and ringing in ears ; watch could not be heard on right side, upon left side could be heard only at distance of one and a half inches ; tuning fork could be heard only on right side ; right auditory canal occluded by soft, easily bleeding polypi ; mucous membrane red, puffed, raw and very sensitive ; yellowish white, offensive, muco-purulent discharge ; polypi dropped off in six days.

Inflammation of left ear, with hardness of hearing ; subjective symptoms, as though a melody was ground upon an organ in head and after a few turns was snapped off ; sensation of fulness in ear and stopped up feeling, as though a wedge was driven in. s.

Matter flows from both ears ; in forepart of right ear is a sac of matter which, when touched, discharged through ear ; pains in whole right half of head and face, she was unable to lie on that side. s.

Bloody and offensive matter flows from right ear, with tearing pain. s.

Coryza : with much sneezing ; fluent, corrosive ; nostrils bleeding, scurfy ; nose red, swollen, shining ; < from damp weather ; at night ; from either cold or warm air ; not > by sweat ; smell from nose as from an old cold ; inflammatory redness inside of nose ; with itching and formation of crusts and bleeding on cleansing nose ; chilliness in daytime, obliged to lie down ; copious sour smelling sweat at night ; part of mucus trickles down through posterior nares into throat and causes hawking, with catarrhal inflammation of larynx, trachea, bronchi and eyes ; hoarseness and roughness of voice ; dry, rough cough from continual tickling in larynx, with or without fever ; catarrhal affection of frontal sinuses and Highmorian cavities, pressive, tensive, tearing pains in forehead, cheeks, upper teeth and ears ; inflammation of tonsils and fauces ; rheumatic pains in limbs ; feverish ; does not like to be alone ; thirsty ; feels bad in a warm room and cannot bear cold either ; with chilliness ; epidemic.

Fulness and pulsation in head extending into nose ; heat predominating over chilliness. ? Catarrh.

Greenish, fetid pus from nose ; nasal bones swollen.

Acrid matter flows from nose, having odor of old cheese. s.

The nostrils are red, raw and ulcerated. ? Coryza.

Swelling of whole or only tip of nose, accompanied by pain and inflammation, followed by cancer ; pus thin, ichorous and acrid. ? Cancer.

Forehead red, presenting a number of small orifices, like "worm holes," exuding serous fluid, margins of holes, which communicated with frontal bone, somewhat elevated ; pain in forehead when in bed, and subject to severe headache up to time when forehead was affected. [merc. v]

Upon forehead between eyebrows, small patches of a pustular eruption, with greenish yellow scabs. ? Impetigo calvities. s.

Toothache : with swelling of gums and salivary glands ; at night as it disappears great chilliness over whole body ; jerking, especially at night ; a pulse-like jerking from teeth of lower jaw into ear, from upper jaw into head, with painfulness of gum from 9 P. M. on ; from caries, or inflamed dentine ; returns in damp weather or evening air ; pains tearing, lacerating, shooting into face and ears ; < from warmth of bed, from cold or warm things ; > from rubbing cheek.

Toothache during day and ceasing at night, followed by perspiration and pains, return in morning in paroxysms, with longer or shorter intervals, alternating with giddiness or tearing in limbs.

Frequent crackling in head, as from metal plates ; swelling of gums ; sensation as if teeth were fixed in a mass of pap ; burning and itching in gums ; ptyalism ; chilliness in evening ; steaming skin and tendency to sweat.

Intense redness of tongue ; severe pain, especially on side from contact of teeth ; profuse salivation and tendency to fissures or ulceration ; < from least contact of food, drink or even cold air ; cries and wrings hands in agony ; offensive breath and saliva. ? Glossitis.

Ranula.

INNER MOUTH. [12] [Merc.]

Dry mouth and throat.

Mouth and tongue moist, and plenty of saliva, yet great thirst for cold water.

Shaking sensation of bowels when walking, they feel relaxed, as if they had to be held up.

Intestines feel bruised when he lies on right side.

Sensation as if bowels fell to side on which one is lying.

Intestines sore as if pressed, cannot sleep on right side. s.

Shooting, diarrheic feeling in lower bowels.

Colic : > by a slimy, bloody stool, with straining ; as from a cold ; occasioned by cool evening air, with diarrha ; from worms ; lancinating, boring and pressing pains ; stabbing in abdomen as from knives ; passes off in a recumbent position ; twisting, constricting pains.

After cholera, when stools remain bloody and watery and are accompanied by tenesmus (also useful after Ipec.) ; when choleraic symptoms are > and partial reaction has set in, but tongue becomes thickly coated with mucus.

Painless congestions ; spine drawn to one side, tossing about, grinding of teeth and trismus, as in epilepsy ; thumbs not clenched ; preceded by an attack of diarrha and vomiting ; about every half hour return of consciousness, during which he desires water, then spasms recur.

Ineffectual pressure to stool, with protruding hemorrhoids, which are painfully sore. s.

Frightful pain in bowels, as if they were cut in pieces, most violent when at stool ; great pressure at stool, as if bowels would be forced out ; discharge of a little bloody mucus after straining ; increased desire to go to stool at night ; during stool sweat on brow, at first warm, but soon becoming cold and clammy ; sleeplessness ; great prostration ; evacuations corrode anus, and cause painful burning. ? Autumnal dysentery.

Croupous inflammation of rectum after catching cold while bathing in open air ; croupous stools occur principally at night and alternate with a pappy fecal stool ; constant sensation of fulness and distension in rectum, with burning and pinching in lower part ; every hour or so discharge of a round, shreddy mass, accompanied by a watery, fecal discharge, with chilliness and heat, extending towards head ; abdomen not painful to pressure, except in a few places where large intestine is distended with gas ; rumbling and slight pinching pains in abdomen ; urine scanty ; appetite impaired ; thick, mucous coating on tongue ; great prostration.

Great soreness in region of bladder when touching it ; urine flows in a thin stream or only drop by drop ; contains mucus, blood or pus. ? Gonorrha. ? Cystitis.

Paralysis of bladder. ? Meningitis.

Urine is passed involuntarily.

Frequent urging to urinate, only a little passes ; must hurry, otherwise he cannot retain it ; scanty discharge in feeble stream ; copious flow ; was obliged to urinate at every hour, day and night, with violent burning in urethra on beginning to urinate ; burning biting pain. s.

Gonorrha of two weeks' standing, treated with injections of various kinds ; pain in left testicle and along cord ; painful erections ; not very profuse discharge, much nervousness and anxiety, < at night.

Right testicle swollen, hard, as large as a hen's egg ; shocks of severe drawing pain, extending from testicles up into abdomen and down legs to feet ; scrotum red, shining, < right side ; itching in scrotum ; severe chill alternating with heat ; pulse feverish ; vertigo ; general depression ; tearing in head, < right side. ? Gonorrha.

Gonorrha of a torpid character in course of syphilis, with suppurating bubo. s.

Severe burning on urination ; prepuce and glans greatly swollen ; discharge like thin milk, leaving a stain upon linen ; has taken copaiva and Cubebs four weeks. ? Gonorrha.

Swelling of prepuce and inflamed redness of its inner surface, with painful sensitiveness. s.

Great swelling of prepuce, as if it was distended with air or water to a blister. s.

Vesicles on forepart and sides of glans penis ; they eat deeply in and spread ; several small white blisters, which also ooze fluid, but soon disappear.

Swelling of forepart of urethra, with suppuration between glans and prepuce which is red, hot and painful to touch and on walking ; raging pain in forehead ; rough itch-like eruption on hands, especially in region of first joint of thumb, more on upper surface, itching at night. s.

Several small red vesicles on end of glans penis, under prepuce, after four days become ulcers and discharge yellow white matter of strong odor, staining shirt ; afterwards large ulcers bleed when touched, pain affects whole body ; they are round, the margins everted like raw meat, and their bases covered with a caseous coat. s.

Several small ulcers which bleed easily so soon as prepuce moves, or on handling parts ; painful ulcers on glans and on both sides of frenum ; pain in inguinal region on walking, no redness of skin ; heavy pressure on inguinal glands causes pain. s. Chancre. s.

Foreskin sore ; yellowish pus in drops.

Rubbing and scratching genitals at night when in bed.

Children scratch and pull at genitals.

Dry, fine vesicular eruption on genitals. s.

Sweat on genitals, soreness between scrotum and thighs.

FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [23] [Merc.]

Prolapsus uteri at vagina ; feels > after coition.

Peculiar weak feeling in abdomen, as though she had to hold it up ; close above genitals sensation as if something heavy was pulling downward ; pulling pain in both thighs, as if muscles and tendons were too short. ? Displacement of womb.

Bleeding excrescences on os uteri. ? Syphilis.

Copious discharge from vagina, of muco-purulent matter ; < after catamenia, but constant ; system greatly exhausted by flooding and repeated miscarriages ; conceived readily enough, but was certain to lose ovum at the end of third month, if not before ; deep ulcers on os and in cervix, with ragged edges which bleed freely when touched ; vaginal walls ulcerated, prolapsus uteri and vagina ; sore pain deep in centre of pelvis ; severe dragging in loins and lumbar regions ; bearing down pressure in lower abdomen ; mental depression. ? Ulcerated cervix.

Burning, throbbing and itching of vagina and external genitals, < on left side ; numbness down left leg ; swelling in hypogastrium, abdomen swelled ; feels hard internally ; yellow discharge from vagina ; on mucous surface of genitals, reaching as high up as she could see, and on external parts, especially near urethra, whitish patches like aphthæ ; when removed, a red raw surface is left, uneven to touch, with little red elevations ; throbbing > by lying still ; burning < from cold and washing ; cannot go to closet on account of draft of air causing pain ; thinking about pains makes them < and makes her want to urinate ; contact of urine makes parts burn ; thrill in urethra when urine passes ; menses delay. [merc. v] ? Vaginitis.

Itching of genitals, < from contact of urine, it must be washed off.

Phlegmonous swelling of labia. ? Abortion threatened.

Pimples or tubercles on labia, more troublesome at night.

Indurations and inguinal growths.

Parts have strong tendency to excoriate, to swell and become inflamed ; sensation of rawness in parts. s. ? Spasm of vagina.

Pruritus vulvæ.

Swollen labia, with soreness of groins.

PREGNANCY. PARTURITION. LACTATION. [24] [Merc.]

Morning sickness ; profuse salivation, wets pillow in sleep.

dema or pruritis of vulva during pregnancy.

Threatened abortion ; frequent attacks of pain in small of back ; pressing pulsation in abdomen ; pressure towards external genitals, which were so swollen that sitting posture became difficult ; pressure at times accompanied by discharge of reddish mucus from genitals.

Complete aphonia from straining voice when just recovered from a former hoarseness ; talked in whisper, every attempt to talk audibly sent blood to face and tears to eyes ; slight burning in region of larynx.

Anxious oppression and heavy breathing, with desire to take deep breath.

Asthma from fumes of arsenic ; > from tobacco smoke and in cold air.

Dyspna ; sensation of spasmodic contraction when coughing or sneezing.

COUGH. [27] [Merc.]

Cough : violent for several nights ; dry, sounds and feels as if everything in chest was dry ; with pain in chest and small of back ; dry, with fluent coryza ; short, dry, fatiguing, caused by tickling beneath upper portion of chest ; dry, fatiguing, racking ; in two paroxysms ; particularly at night ; inability to lie on right side ; tickling before falling asleep ; with stitching pains in chest ; in children ; with nosebleed ; with vomiting ; as if head and chest would burst ; with hoarseness ; with diarrha ; not allowing him to utter an audible word ; spasmodic, with retching ; during sleep ; excited by a sensation of tickling or dryness in bronchia ; with shortness of breath and ptyalism ; from tickling in larynx and upper part of chest ; only at night or only by day ; with acrid or yellowish mucus, at times mixed with coagulated blood and tasting putrid or saltish.

Whooping cough : two paroxysms in rapid succession at night, followed by a long interval of rest ; vomiting, with epistaxis, blood at once coagulating ; profuse sweat at night ; children who were previously troubled with worms (complementary Carb. veg.) ; involuntary grass-green diarrha during paroxysm, great prostration afterwards ; sweat very much at night and bleed at nose and mouth with every coughing spell ; either by day or by night only.

When coughing or sneezing a stitch runs directly through chest to back. ? Hepatitis.

Cough < in night air, at night when lying on left side.

Moist, barking cough, with some sound of moisture in air passages, but no expectoration ; cough almost convulsive, cannot be controlled ; occurring in frequent paroxysms, particularly from 9 A. M. until 5 or 6 P. M. ? Measles.

Pulse : full and accelerated, with erethism, frequent at night, slower by day ; when slow it is weak and trembling ; imperceptible, with warmth of body ; irregular, generally full and fast, with violent beating in arteries, at times weak, slow, tremulous.

Fingers of both hands flexed, especially thumb, so that it is completely drawn inward, as in epilepsy ; without assistance is unable without great exertion to open fingers farther than about two-thirds ; with trembling of hands. s.

Inflammation of cellular tissue beneath cutis, in sinews, their fascia and phalangeal joints ; pains not violent, more throbbing and shooting ; extremely sensitive to heat and cold. ? Panaritium.

When first signs of disease manifest themselves ; sharp stitches flashing periodically through joint ; acute stitches in right ilium at regular short intervals, and in anterior inferior spinous process of ilium ; boring pain in right glutei muscles ; burning of nates ; red pimple, with a white tip on nates, painful and stinging ; tearing pain in hip joint, in knee and in femur, < during motion ; tearing, drawing from heel to buttocks, < at night, with contraction and giving away of knees ; limbs feel stiff when walking ; stitches in thighs and legs during motion ; involuntary twitching in limbs ; trembling when walking, < about knees and in inguinal region ; pain in right thigh as if bruised, < after walking ; during nightly slumber (without sleep) he feels a violent tensive pain in posterior part of left thigh and in buttock, most violent between buttock and thigh, and extending as far as bend of knee ; > in recumbent position, by supporting thigh ; cannot sit on posterior part on account of pain, which is < periodically ; single pointed stitches in region of external condyle of tibia, not in knee ; spasmodic drawing up of legs ; they remain contracted all night. ? Hip joint disease.

Pain in sinews of left thigh, which are sore to touch. s.

Involuntary twitching and a kind of spasmodic adduction of legs and thighs.

Soreness between thighs and genitals. s.

Hard, glandular swelling in upper part of left thigh, suppurated. s.

Tumor on upper part of left thigh. s.

Small pimples on inner side of thighs. s.

Herpes on legs and thighs. s.

Legs and thighs cold and clammy at night. ? Dysentery.

Excessive weakness and giving away of knees and legs. s.

Sensation as if knee was larger.

Gonarthrocace after suppressed itch.

Weariness and uneasiness in legs in evening. s.

Could scarcely drag her limbs because they were so heavy. s.

Tearing and stitching in lower limbs, at night and during motion, with sensation of coldness.

Pressing pain in periosteum of right tibia. s.

Boring and drawing pain in tibia. s.

Red, shining, hard swelling on right tibia. s.

High fever and swelling of leg. ? Periostitis of tibia.

Ulcers on legs which bleed easily and become putrid, spongy and bluish.

After abuse of mercury, two large ulcers on leg below knee ; in paroxysms of perhaps a minute's duration, once in ten or fifteen minutes, lancinating darting pain, forcing screams ; these sores were of two years' duration and were preceded by others, similar, two or three times healed by local treatment ; commenced by a pimple, which being broken, formed into a deep foul ulcer, grey colored, slough thin, ichorous pus ; inflamed, swollen elevated edges, with a varicose condition of veins in vicinity ; < by heat of bed, hot or cold applications, from pressure, motion, evening until midnight. s.

A woman, æt. 30, dark hair and complexion ; about eight years ago had a fall, spraining left ankle ; soon after an ulcer which continued to spread ; anterior and external surface of leg from ankle to middle third of thigh one mass of ulceration ; spongy appearance, with elevations and depressions, constant ichorous discharge ; constant pain, burning, stinging and gnawing, < from least touch ; whole limb felt heavy and weary ; gnawing, lacerating pain in knee joint ; walking and standing painful ; pains become unendurable from warmth of bed ; enlarged and sensitive inguinal glands. s.

After catching cold in a sudden shower, painful swelling of foot, followed by formation of abscess, from which was discharged a thin, watery secretion, swelling increased and eight fistulous openings formed, from which fragments of bone were discharged ; miserable appearance ; skin hot and burning ; pulse feverish ; loss of appetite ; sleeplessness. ? Caries of tarsal and metatarsal bones.

After wearing boots for several days, which he usually could not wear on account of swelling of tarsal bones of right foot, violent pain in that part of foot, rapidly increasing ; foot somewhat swollen and reddened, could not bear touch or motion ; slight chill, with subsequent dry heat and full pulse.

dematous swelling of foot. ? Peritonitis.

Swelling of backs of feet. s.

Cold sweat on feet.

Foot sweat scentless.

LIMBS IN GENERAL. [34] [Merc.]

Trembling of extremities, especially hands.

Involuntary jerking in limbs ; twitching of arms and legs.

Weakness and weariness in limbs ; bruised sensation. s.

Arms and thighs sore to touch, can hardly move them.

Drawing and tearing in all the limbs. s.

Rigidity and immobility of limbs, though they can easily be moved by others. ? Paralysis.

Painful stiffness in limbs ; use of all lost, except right arm ; face livid ; no appetite ; emaciated ; in bed for a year ; constipated ; pain at night ; < from changes of weather.

Sudden pain and stiffness of nape of neck and of upper and lower limbs, probably brought on by exposure ; lay motionless in bed, great weakness and lameness necessitating assistance when any change of position was desirable ; could slightly raise right arm ; face sunken, earthy in color ; emaciation of whole body ; loss of appetite ; sleep disturbed by nightly pains ; pains < in change of weather ; constipation, with pains in small of back.

After catching cold in a sudden shower : painful swelling of foot, followed by abscess.

FEVER. [40] [Merc.]

Sensation of coldness, with tremors, though without diminished temperature. [merc. v]

Chilliness : on going into open air : as from cold water poured over one ; in abdomen ; while at stool ; at night, with frequent micturition ; between diarrheic stools ; internal, with heat of face ; in daytime, obliging to lie down ; wore a heavy overcoat in hot Summer.

Constant cold hands and feet. s.

Chill : in morning when rising, but more generally in evening after lying down, as from cold water poured over one ; not > by warmth of stove ; alternating with heat often only on single parts ; internal, with heat of face.

Heat : in bed, chill when out of bed ; after midnight, with violent thirst for cold drinks ; anxious, with sensation of pressing together of chest, alternating with chill ; with aversion to uncover.

Sweat : profuse, offensive ; does not >, may even < suffering ; on every motion, immediately on drinking something warm ; while walking ; day and night, though more at night ; in evening in bed ; falls asleep while perspiring ; profuse and very debilitating at night ; in morning ; towards morning, with thirst and palpitation or nausea ; from least exertion, even when eating ; clammy and cold, driving out of bed ; peculiar, sour smelling, shrivelling fingers and bedewing feet ; profuse, cold on face though rest of body is dry ; offensive, cold, oily, clammy and burns skin ; soaking through bedclothes ; stains linen saffron yellow ; cannot be removed by washing ; profuse, fetid, tinging linen yellow and stiffening it.

Fourteen days after childbirth : eruption of vesicles on neck, shoulders, chest and abdomen.

Every two weeks : menses.

At every menstrual period : pain in mamma.

In all phases of moon : frequent attacks of cramps in stomach.

At third month : repeated miscarriages.

Spring and Fall : stinging pains in throat.

Every Winter for a number of years : eczema of left hand.

For one year : failing sight.

Two years' duration : sores.

For two years : indications of hydrocephalus.

For two or three years : menses irregular.

Fourteen years' duration : chronic otitis.

LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] [Merc.]

Right : scotoma of eye ; as if ear was stuffed up ; offensive smelling discharge from ear ; could not be heard on side ; auditory canal occluded by polypi ; in forepart of ear a sac of matter ; pain in whole half of head and face ; bloody and offensive matter flows from ear ; mumps ; ranula ; swelling of tonsil ; patches on throat ; cannot lie on side ; stitches in liver ; great distension of hypochondrium ; pressure in side ; lying on side, intestines feel bruised ; painful swelling near ilium ; stitches in last rib ; pressive boring pains in groin ; zona on side ; tenderness over hypochondrium ; testicle swollen, hard, as large as hen's egg ; scrotum red, shining ; tearing in head ; acute pain through chest to scapula ; stitches in chest ; acts on lower part of lung ; tenderness over hypochondrium ; painful stiffness of wrist ; spontaneous luxation of hip ; thigh finger's breadth longer than left ; stitches in ilium ; boring in glutei muscles ; thigh as if bruised ; pressing in periosteum of tibia ; swelling on tibia ; tarsal bones swollen as if sprained ; loss of use of arm ; tetters on forearm.

Left : tearing or pressive pain in temple ; burning in temple ; dryness and swelling of eyelid ; sticking and burning deep in ear ; roaring and rumbling in ear ; shooting from ear to temple ; watch could be heard only at distance of one and a half inches ; inflammation of ear with deafness ; throbbing in upper jaw ; throat swollen ; beating in precordia ; headache in temple ; stitching in side of abdomen ; pain in testicle ; burning and itching of vagina ; numbness down leg ; cough < lying on side ; stabbing under short ribs ; eczema of hand ; pain in thigh and buttock ; pain in sinews of thigh ; glandular swelling in upper part of thigh ; tumors on upper part of thigh ; sprained ankle, then an ulcer appeared ; tarsal bones of foot greatly swollen ; eruption on arm ; tettery spot on cheek bone.

First left, then right : hemorrhage from ears ; ringing, whistling in ears ; shooting in ears ; aching in ears.

From right to left : cutting stitch in lower abdomen.

SENSATIONS. [43] [Merc.]

As if there was a vibrating in forehead and a turning about in a circle ; as if in a swing ; forehead as if bandaged or in a hoop ; pain as if just beneath scalp, as if it was too heavy and tight on brain ; as if head would burst ; head as if constricted by a band ; head as if in a vice ; head as if getting larger and larger ; eyes as if long deprived of sleep ; as if sparks of fire were being emitted from eyes ; eye as if it was a ball of fire ; as of a body underneath lids ; as if feathers came from corners of eyes ; as of sand in eyes ; as of fiery points in eyes ; as if right ear was stuffed up ; ears as if stopped by swelling ; as though a wedge was driven in ear ; crackling in head as from metal plates ; as if teeth were fixed in a mass of pap ; as if teeth were loose or too long ; as if foreign body was swallowed down ; as from hot vapor ascending from stomach ; throat as if too tight posteriorly ; as if an apple core was in throat ; as if food had to pass over a foreign body ; as if there was a burnt spot ; pressure in abdomen as from a stone ; as if bowels had to be held up ; as if bowels fell to side on which he lies ; intestines as if pressed ; stabbing in abdomen as from knives ; as if bowels were cut to pieces ; as if bowels would be forced out ; as of something heavy pulling downward close above genitals ; as if muscles and tendons were too short ; as if mamma would ulcerate ; as if everything in chest was dry ; as if head and chest would burst ; weakness at heart as if dying ; agitation as if frightened ; pain in sacrum as if one had been lying on too hard a couch ; arm as if too heavy, as if broken or beaten ; pain in right thigh as if bruised ; as if knee was larger ; pain as if sprained in tarsal joints ; as if all his limbs would fall from him ; pain in bones as if broken ; itching as from fleabites ; burning as from fire in eruption.

Pain : in bone beneath eyebrow ; in periosteum and bones of face ; in forehead ; around eyes, on forehead and temples ; in sole of foot ; around ear down jaw ; in ears ; in whole right half of head and face ; of salivary glands ; in parotid glands and muscles of neck ; from throat to ear ; in shoulders ; in limbs ; in region of liver ; in rectum, sometimes to back ; over right hypochondrium ; in left testicle and along cord ; in inguinal region ; in mamma ; in small of back ; in chest ; in sacrum ; in right thigh ; in sinews of left thigh ; in right tarsal joints ; in bones ; in bowels.

Frightful pain : in bowels.

Raging pain : in forehead.

Sore, maddening pain : in mamma.

Intolerable pain : in eye ; in whole head, < in ears.

Violent pain : in head ; in eyes ; in spine ; in foot.

Acute pain : striking forward through chest to right scapula ; in tarsal bones of left foot ; in impetigo figurata.

Severe pain : in eyes ; in tongue ; in head ; at anus ; in spine ; in ulcers in mouth.

Severe dull pain : in occiput.

Tearing pain : in forehead and vertex ; in left temple ; from head to teeth and neck ; in eyes ; in ears ; in lower jaw ; in limbs ; in head ; in coccyx ; in hip joint and knee ; in femur ; in lower limbs.

Boring : from head to teeth and neck ; in eyes ; preventing sleep ; in uterus ; in right glutei muscles ; in tibia ; in exostoses.

Cutting : in eyes ; in intestines ; in abdomen ; from stomach to genitals ; in abdomen.

Dull, cutting, pressive pain : underneath lids.

Burning, gnawing : in eyes.

Pinching : in ear ; in abdomen.

Pressive boring : in right groin.

Violent beating : in arteries ; in left precordia.

Severe throbbing pain : in left upper jaw ; otitis ; of vagina.

Throbbing, shooting : in eye.

Pulsating pains : in hip joint and knee.

Violent stitches : in hepatic region ; in right ilium.

Transient stitches : in body and limbs.

Stitching, tearing, pressing, burning : deep in ear to cheek.

Stitching, tearing : in hollow and carious teeth ; under false ribs and in hepatic region.

Single pointed stitches : in region of external condyle of tibia.

Stitches : through whole head ; in ears ; in eyes ; deep in eyes and temples ; in teeth ; posteriorly in throat ; in occiput ; in liver ; in last right rib and inguinal region ; in back and scapula ; through chest to back ; in anterior and upper portion of chest ; in right chest ; in glands ; flashing periodically through hip joint ; in thighs and legs ; from head to teeth ; in right hypochondrium ; in region of liver ; in uterus ; in small of back and legs ; in hip joint, knees and feet ; in lower limbs ; in red spots on small of back.

Cutting stitch : in lower abdomen.

Severe shooting pain : from deep within eye ; in ears ; from l. ear to right ; from left ear to left temple.

Stinging, tearing : in ears.

Sharp sticking : in eyes ; in fauces ; deep in both ears ; in tonsils ; in small of back.

Stinging : in jaw ; in throat ; in fauces ; in region of liver ; in urethra ; in small of back ; in hip joint, femur and knee ; in pimple on nates.

Violent griping : in bowels.

Twisting, constricting pains : in abdomen.

Violent tensive pain : in posterior part of left thigh and in buttock, extending as far as knee.

Cramps : in stomach.

Dragging : in loins and lumbar region.

Drawing pain : from testicles into abdomen, down legs to feet ; in testicles, groin and spermatic cord ; in inguinal region ; in tibia ; in nape and down back.

Pulling pain : in both thighs.

Aching : in eye ; in ears ; in teeth ; in uterus ; at apex of heart.

Pressive pain : in left temple ; in head ; in liver ; in glands ; in periosteum of right tibia.

Dull pain : in region of liver.

Sudden pain : in nape of neck and upper and lower limbs.

Rheumatic pains : in head ; in limbs ; in legs ; of shoulders and upper arms.

Aching, pressing pain : in eye.

Sore pain : deep in pelvis ; in mamma.

Pricking pain : in ulcers.

Extremely painful : orifice of excretory duct of salivary gland.

Raw pain : at edges of lids.

Intolerable biting pain : on tongue.

Burning : in urethra ; in genitals ; after scratching ; from head to teeth and neck ; in eyes ; in ears ; in stomach ; in bowels ; in back ; in herpes zoster, like a girdle from back around abdomen ; in head, < left temple ; in forehead ; of skin of forehead ; in eyes ; in gums ; in throat ; in region of larynx ; of skin ; at anus ; of penis ; of vagina ; from fauces down ; in scaly herpes ; of nates ; of tetter in bend of elbows, inguinal region and hollow of knee.

Burning, biting : during micturition.

Stinging, burning : eczema of hands.

Biting : in eyes ; in genitals.

Heat : in eyes ; around eyes ; rises in throat.

Burning rawness : in larynx.

Burning, stinging, gnawing : in ulcers on leg.

Pricking, stinging : in veins.

Pricking : in ears ; in tongue.

Bruised feeling : in intestines ; of scapulæ, back and small of back.

Soreness : of hemorrhoids ; exostoses ; on sides of head ; of top of head ; of lids ; of nose ; of inner ears ; of teeth ; of corners of mouth ; of mouth ; of hepatic region ; of intestines ; of hemorrhoids ; in region of bladder ; of foreskin ; between scrotum and thighs ; of groins ; of nipples under sternum ; from fauces down.

Painful pressure : in region of pharynx.

Painful dryness : in throat.

Painful stiffness : of right wrist joint.

Painful tension : in knee and elbow joints ; in wrists and ankles.

Sensitiveness : of lymphatic vessels of nympha.

Tenderness : across hypochondria and epigastrium ; over r. hypochondrium.

Rawness : in throat ; of anus and adjacent parts ; in genitals ; of nipples.

Scratching sensation : under manubrium.

Pulse-like jerking : from teeth to lower jaw into ear, from upper jaw into head.

Throbbing : in veins.

Pulsating : in forehead ; in head ; toothache ; in abdomen.

Twitching : of lids, of arms and fingers ; in limbs ; of arms and legs.

Thrill : in urethra when urine passes.

Trembling : of whole body ; of heart ; of extremities ; of hands and tongue.

Spasmodic contraction : when coughing or sneezing.

Pressure : in ear ; in abdomen ; in head ; in forehead ; in eyes ; on tongue ; in throat ; in stomach ; in epigastrium ; in abdomen ; in genitals ; from stomach to genitals.

Tension : over forehead ; in articulation of jaw ; in region of pharynx ; of precordium.

Pressing together : of chest.

Constriction : of lids ; of stomach ; in rectum.

Bearing down pressure : in lower abdomen.

Drawing : in limbs ; with pressure in testicles.

Rheumatic stiffness : of neck.

Fulness : in ear ; in head ; across epigastrium and hypochondria ; in rectum.

Desquamation all over, especially from backs of hands and from feet. s.

Circular crop of miliary papula, raised and rough, bright scarlet, irritable, itching, scratching at night, rough spot on forehead at times ; face pale and puffy, frequently changes color ; after day or two spot became moist and much humor was exuded ; tongue rough like a strawberry from papillary enlargement and covered with a white film ; very susceptible to cold. ? Intertrigo of arms.

Eruption commencing upon forearms and chest and gradually extending over whole body (except face and posterior surface of upper and lower extremities) ; it begins as small, scattered, red spots, as large as peas, gradually enlarging in a circular form, run together and become continuous ; color at first light red, afterwards either scarlet or bluish red, darker on margin and lighter in centre ; as spots enlarge skin in their centre becomes healthy ; they are slightly elevated, rough and dry, and covered with small whitish scales, which are continually rubbed off by clothes and redevelop, so that in evening clothes look as if sprinkled with meal ; tetter < in axillæ, bends of elbows, inguinal regions and hollows of knees burning and paining continually, when first making their appearance accompanied by some fever ; affected portions of skin swollen, red and extremely sensitive to contact of clothes ; use of arms impeded ; sleep wanting or very restless ; itching on contact of cold air when undressing, disappearing in warmth of bed ; violent burning after contact, rubbing, washing, or taking wine ; axillary and inguinal glands swollen ; in some places, as for example, in inguinal region, small, superficial, moist ulcers develop on tetter, which after some days become covered with yellow scabs and heal ; tearing pains in joints, especially elbows and knees, in evening ; on palms of hands, small transparent vesicles without sensation. s.

Eczema, yellow crusts and inflamed surroundings after scratching, on face, legs and bends of extremities. s.

Moist eczema on forearms and legs.

Whole body with exception of face covered with small, elevated, dark red spots, close to each other, resembling measles ; on inner side of arms and legs, and on hands and feet, eruption presents an unbroken, dark red surface, in these parts skin is also swollen ; on flexing arms and when walking, painful tension in knee and elbow joints ; same pain in wrists and ankles ; vesicles filled with yellow serum upon surface of eruption, near ankles ; small, thin, white scurfs on surface of eruption ; slight itching ; painful burning < from touch, rubbing, in evening and during night. ? Eczema.

Rash on forearm, measle shaped, over whole body, but particularly on chest, thighs and lower part of back. s.

Herpes burning when touched, humid, with large scales on edges.

Moist vesicles surrounded by dry scales, easily bleeding.

Very small transparent vesicles, containing water, appear in various parts of body, in morning before daybreak. s.

Herpes zoster, burning pains, with gastric disturbance ; like a girdle from back around abdomen ; much itching and tendency to suppurate.

Red spots in small of back with stitching pains ; during course of several days more spots appeared, eruption extending towards navel and nearly encircling body ; girdle of eruption about three fingers wide, watery discharge on scratching ; periodical burning as of fire in eruption. ? Zona.

Fourteen days after childbirth, eruption of vesicles as large as peas on neck, shoulders, chest and abdomen, down as far as umbilicus ; lochia scanty ; pain in small of back ; vertigo ; great redness of face ; white coated tongue ; offensive taste in mouth ; thirst ; sleeplessness ; great restlessness ; trembling of limbs ; heat and chilliness. ? Vesicular eruption.

Excoriations of a tettery nature oozing constantly and bleeding easily when scratched.

Skin dirty yellow, rough and dry ; scaly, dry tetters ; eruptions of not inflamed, little red elevations, points of which peel off, on left arm ; red, round, scaly spots, one inch in diameter, on forearm and wrist ; rough, partly reddish, partly whitish, tettery spot on left cheek bone ; dry, elevated, burning itching tetters on whole body, especially on legs, arms, wrists and hands, even between fingers ; tetter on right forearm, which peels and causes a voluptuous itching ; places which have remained free from impetigo mercurialis turn rough, dry, crack and peel off constantly in white, bran-like scales, especially on scalp, whiskers and eyebrows, without attacking face ; deep rhagades, like cuts, on hands and fingers, especially on their inside, their basis looks raw and bloody and they are very painful. ? Psoriasis.

Itching so intolerable it almost sets him crazy if he gets a little warmer than usual when at work ; when he first gets into bed, the cool sheets feel so nice he goes right to sleep, but after sleeping about half an hour, he is awakened by itching and has to get out of bed and walk floor until sheets get cool again ; skin covered with crusts and papula. [merc. v] ? Prurigo.

Eruption of pustules varying in size from a millet seed to a large pea and filled with thick yellow matter, discharges after two or three days, making parts sore ; commenced on one foot, extending to knee, and in running together made one continuous sore ; then eruption appeared in like manner on abdomen and on back of head ; scattering pustules on hands, arms and all over body ; child thin and pale ; very restless ; difficult to lie in any position so that it could sleep, on account of having to lie on sores ; all symptoms much < by warmth of bed at night. s.

Suppurating pustules which either run into one another, discharging an acrid humor, or remain sore, become hollow, afterwards raised and cicatrized ; pustules bleed easily and are painful to touch. ? Ecthyma.

Erysipelas : spreading from back around upon abdomen ; of syphilitic origin ; simple and phlegmonous.

Erysipelas of newborn children of syphilitic or scrofulous nature ; a few days after birth red spots appear upon skin, especially about groins, on scrotum and thighs ; spots at first pale, gradually assume a brighter red color, forming a sort of intertrigo, the discharge of which is of an offensive odor and has a tendency to become purulent ; finally bright red spots appear upon lower abdomen and region of navel, gradually becoming erysipelatous in character, and as this progresses primary seat of eruption also assumes an erysipelatous character ; diarrheic, fermented stools and considerable fever.